Enigma emerges from stealth with a $71 million Seed round to build the AI models powering the next generation of intelligent robots
Less than a year after its founding, Israeli Physical AI startup Enigma has emerged from stealth with a $71 million Seed round, one of the largest seed financings in the AI space. Founded by Jonathan Jacobi and Gal Niv, the company is building the AI intelligence layer for robots through foundation models designed to help robots understand, adapt to, and reliably operate in the physical world while making human-robot interaction far more natural.
The round was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Conviction Partners, marking its first investment in Israel, alongside technology leaders and investors from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Thinking Machines, Cognition, and Mercor. Notable investors also include Assaf Rappaport and Merav Bahat, who invested both personally and through Stardust, making the fund’s first investment in Israel.
Enigma is developing a unified Physical AI platform that combines foundation AI models for robotics, hardware-agnostic software, and new human-robot interfaces. The company has developed new AI training approaches that reduce the need for large-scale real-world data collection while enabling robots to operate more reliably in physical environments. Later today, Enigma will also launch the world’s largest public real-time AI robotics experience, allowing users worldwide to interact with and control AI-powered robots online.
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